H.R. 503 - Horse Slaughter Prohibition Bill
- Sponsor:
- John Sweeney
- Summary:
- To amend the Horse Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption, and for other purposes. (by CRS)
- Status:
- The bill was voted on in the House on September 7, 2006
- Amendments:
- 2 proposed amendments. 2 rejected. View amendments
PASSED on September 7, 2006.
1/2 required to pass
voted YES: 263
voted NO: 146
22 voted present/not voting
Horse Slaughter Prohibition Bill
H.R. 503 — 109th Congress (2005–2006)
- Summary
- To amend the Horse Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption, and for other purposes. (by CRS)
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- Title
- To amend the Horse Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption, and for other purposes.
- Other Titles
- Horse Slaughter Prohibition bill
- Sponsor
- John Sweeney
- Co-Sponsors
- Philip English
- Grace Napolitano
- Gwen Moore
- Edward Markey
- Madeleine Bordallo
- Bob Filner
- Deborah Pryce
- Mark Kirk
- W. Weldon
- Robert Aderholt
- Timothy Bishop
- Peter King
- R. Miller
- Sheila Jackson-Lee
- Dennis Kucinich
- Robert Scott
- Carolyn McCarthy
- Jerrold Nadler
- Robert Menéndez
- Michael Fitzpatrick
- Tom Udall
- Rodney Frelinghuysen
- Harold Ford
- Raymond Green
- Lane Evans
- James McGovern
- John Tierney
- John Conyers
- Raul Grijalva
- Walter Jones
- William Delahunt
- John Linder
- Dennis Moore
- Christopher Smith
- Eliot Engel
- Nita Lowey
- Charles Rangel
- Eleanor Norton
- Gregory Meeks
- Robert Wexler
- Sam Farr
- Alcee Hastings
- James Ramstad
- Jo Ann Davis
- Allyson Schwartz
- Duncan Hunter
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
- Jesse Jackson
- John Hayworth
- Michael McNulty
- Michael Capuano
- Adam Schiff
- John Hostettler
- Anna Eshoo
- Michael Oxley
- Jerry Lewis
- Gary Ackerman
- Henry Brown
- Diane Watson
- Thaddeus McCotter
- Steven Chabot
- Michael Ferguson
- Major Owens
- Michael Michaud
- William Shuster
- Michael Bilirakis
- Ron Lewis
- Robert Cramer
- Edolphus Towns
- Christopher Shays
- Diana DeGette
- Henry Hyde
- Mark Green
- Ellen Tauscher
- Robert Ney
- Hilda Solis
- Addison Wilson
- Rush Holt
- Sue Myrick
- Charles Gonzalez
- Dan Burton
- Linda Sánchez
- Dale Kildee
- Chaka Fattah
- Stephen Lynch
- David Wu
- Donald Payne
- Ed Case
- Spencer Bachus
- Zoe Lofgren
- Tom Lantos
- Bennie Thompson
- Steven LaTourette
- Sue Kelly
- Doris Matsui
- Timothy Ryan
- John Kline
- Ander Crenshaw
- Fortney Stark
- Jon Porter
- Elton Gallegly
- Charles Dent
- Ric Keller
- Roscoe Bartlett
- Nick Rahall
- Thomas Davis
- John Spratt
- Jim Gerlach
- Juanita Millender-McDonald
- Lucille Roybal-Allard
- James Langevin
- Nydia Velázquez
- Robert Andrews
- Loretta Sanchez
- Corrine Brown
- Mark Foley
- Ben Chandler
- Frank Pallone
- Neil Abercrombie
- Rosa DeLauro
- Sherrod Brown
- Sherwood Boehlert
- Mary Bono Mack
- Betty McCollum
- Gene Taylor
- Lynn Woolsey
- Steven Rothman
- Barbara Lee
- Barney Frank
- Michael Castle
- Tammy Baldwin
- Harold Rogers
- Maxine Waters
- C. Cox
- Anthony Weiner
- Al Green
- Steve Israel
- Carolyn Maloney
- C. W. Young
- Joseph Pitts
- Maurice Hinchey
- Louise Slaughter
- Bobby Rush
- Carolyn Kilpatrick
- Lloyd Doggett
- Janice Schakowsky
- José Serrano
- Xavier Becerra
- Virgil Goode
- Marcy Kaptur
- Martin Meehan
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart
- Rahm Emanuel
- Rick Larsen
- James Davis
- Ted Strickland
- Zach Wamp
- Katherine Harris
- Jay Inslee
- Christopher Van Hollen
- Frank LoBiondo
- Danny Davis
- David Price
- Bob Inglis
- Brad Sherman
- Richard Neal
- Norman Dicks
- Vernon Ehlers
- James Barrett
- Robert Brady
- James Moran
- Eddie Johnson
- Susan Davis
- Elijah Cummings
- Earl Blumenauer
- Stephanie Jones
- Edward Whitfield
- John Lewis
- Albert Wynn
- Patrick Kennedy
- Ralph Regula
- Robert Simmons
- Shelley Berkley
- Sander Levin
- Howard Berman
- John Olver
- Luis Gutiérrez
- Michael Doyle
- Lois Capps
- Brian Baird
- Henry Waxman
- E. Shaw
- John Larson
- Todd Platts
- John Campbell
- Peter DeFazio
- Frank Wolf
- Emanuel Cleaver
- C.A. Ruppersberger
- George Miller
- Julia Carson
- Gerald Weller
- James Clyburn
- Subjects
- Animals
- Auctions
- Authorization
- Budgets
- Business
- Compensation (Law)
- Criminal justice
- Department of Agriculture
- Executive departments
- Exhibitions
- Fines (Penalties)
- Food
- Horses
- Humanities
- Kentucky
- Law
- Meat packing industry
- New York State
- Protection of animals
- Searches and seizures
- Transportation
- Related Bills
- H.Res. 981 (109th) : Providing for Consideration of the Bill (H.R. 503) to Amend the Horse Protection Act to Prohibit the Shipping, Transporting, Moving, Delivering, Receiving, Possessing, Purchasing, Selling, or Donation of Horses and Other Equines to Be Slaughtered for Human Consumption, and for Other Purposes.
- H.Res. 981 (109th) : Providing for Consideration of the Bill (H.R. 503) to Amend the Horse Protection Act to Prohibit the Shipping, Transporting, Moving, Delivering, Receiving, Possessing, Purchasing, Selling, or Donation of Horses and Other Equines to Be Slaughtered for Human Consumption, and for Other Purposes.
- H.Res. 1011 (109th) : Requesting Return of Official Papers on H.R. 503.
- H.Res. 1011 (109th) : Requesting Return of Official Papers on H.R. 503.
- S. 1915 (109th) : Virgie S. Arden American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act
- S. 1915 (109th) : Virgie S. Arden American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act
- Major Actions
Introduced 2/01/2005 Referred to Committee Amendments (2 proposed) Passed House 9/07/2006 - Bill History
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Chamber/Committee Motion Date Result select this vote House Amendment 1 to H.R. 503 9/07/2006 This amendment DID NOT PASS the House 177 voted YES 229 voted NO 25 voted present/not votingselect this vote House Amendment 2 to H.R. 503 9/07/2006 This amendment DID NOT PASS the House 149 voted YES 256 voted NO 26 voted present/not votingcurrently selected House On Passage - House - H.R. 503 Horse Protection Act 9/07/2006 This bill PASSED the House 263 voted YES 146 voted NO 22 voted present/not votingAction Date Description Introduced 2/01/2005 2/01/2005 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. 2/25/2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. 5/18/2006 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 5/19/2006 H2839) 7/13/2006 Rereferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. 7/13/2006 Referred to House Energy and Commerce 7/13/2006 Referred to House Agriculture 7/25/2006 Subcommittee Hearings Held. 7/26/2006 Committee Hearings Held. 9/06/2006 Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from USDA. 9/06/2006 Reported adversely (Amended) by the Committee on Agriculture. H. Rept. 109-617, Part I. 9/06/2006 Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged. Put on a legislative calendar 9/06/2006 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 357. 9/06/2006 Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 981 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 503 with 1 hour and 20 minutes of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. 9/07/2006 Rule H. Res. 981 passed House. 9/07/2006 ORDER OF PROCEDURE - Mr. Boehner asked unanimous consent that, during further proceedings today in the House and in Committee of the Whole, the Chair be authorized to reduce to two minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any question that otherwise could be subjected to five-minute voting under clause 8 or 9 of rule 20 or under clause 6 of rule 18. Agreed to without objection. 9/07/2006 Amendment (A001) offered by Mr. Goodlatte. 9/07/2006 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 981, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Goodlatte amendment. 9/07/2006 POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Goodlatte amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Goodlatte demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day. 9/07/2006 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 981, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the King (IA) amendment. 9/07/2006 Amendment (A002) offered by Mr. King (IA). 9/07/2006 POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the King (IA) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. King (IA) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day. 9/07/2006 UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of amendments which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed. 9/07/2006 The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 503. 9/07/2006 The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. select this vote Vote 9/07/2006 Amendment 1 to H.R. 503 select this vote Vote 9/07/2006 Amendment 2 to H.R. 503 currently selected House Vote on Passage 9/07/2006 On Passage - House - H.R. 503 Horse Protection Act 9/08/2006 Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 981. 9/08/2006 Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 503 with 1 hour and 20 minutes of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. 9/08/2006 House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 981 and Rule XVIII. 9/08/2006 The Speaker designated the Honorable Adam H. Putnam to act as Chairman of the Committee. 9/08/2006 GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour and 20 minutes of general debate on H.R. 503. 9/08/2006 Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. Put on a legislative calendar 9/11/2006 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 603. 9/18/2006 Previous actions vitiated by Unanimous Consent. 9/18/2006 Returned to the House pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1011 by Unanimous Consent. 9/19/2006 Message on Senate action sent to the House. 9/19/2006 Papers returned to House pursuant to H. Res. 1011. 9/20/2006 Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. Put on a legislative calendar 9/21/2006 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 631. Number Sponsor Date Offered Status select this vote H. Amdt. 1204 Goodlatte, Robert [R-VA6] September 7, 2006 Failed by roll call vote on September 7, 2006. Amendment sought to provide that the Secretary of Agriculture must certify that sufficient horse sanctuaries exist to care for unwanted horses before the law will take effect.
select this vote H. Amdt. 1205 King, Steve [R-IA5] September 7, 2006 Failed by roll call vote on September 7, 2006. Amendment sought to provide an exemption to the bill for Native Americans or people from other cultures that have traditionally consumed equine meat.
Average contributions given to House members from interest groups that…
supported this bill
Average received by House members who
| voted YES | voted NO | |
|---|---|---|
| Veterinarians (split) | ||
| Casinos, racetracks & gambling | $4,029 | $1,709 |
| Animal Rights | $295 | $24 |
| $4,324 | $1,733 |
Interest groups that supported this bill gave 149% more to House members that voted YES than to House members that voted NO
opposed this bill
Average received by House members who
| voted NO | voted YES | |
|---|---|---|
| Veterinarians (split) | ||
| Livestock | $7,274 | $909 |
| Meat processing & products | $2,668 | $773 |
| Horse breeders | $510 | $249 |
| Legal Services | $3 | $20 |
| Farm bureaus | $0 | $0 |
| $10,455 | $1,952 |
Interest groups that opposed this bill gave 5.4 times as much to House members that voted NO than to House members that voted YES
Contributions data source: OpenSecrets.org
